1997 Direct Line International Championships – Singles

Singles
1997 Direct Line International Championships
1996 Champion	Monica Seles
Champion
Runner-up
Score	No result due to rain.
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Monica Seles was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.

There was no result for the tournament due to rain. The finalists were Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Jana Novotná, who would also reach the final of the same event a year later (Novotná winning in straight sets).^[1]

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

Key

	Final
	4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	cancelled
	2	Jana Novotná

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Seles	6	7
	Q	J Ward	2	5					N Sawamatsu	2	5
		N Sawamatsu	6	7											1	M Seles	5	5
		L Raymond	5	4											8	B Schultz-McCarthy	7	7
		S Farina	7	6					S Farina	6	1	2
		H Suková	3	6				8	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	6	6
	8	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7																		8	B Schultz-McCarthy	5	1
																						4	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
								4	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
		S-T Wang	3	7	4			Q	K-A Guse	5	0
	Q	K-A Guse	6	5	6										4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A-G Sidot	6	6											6	I Spîrlea	4	4
	WC	L Ahl	3	4					A-G Sidot	4	3
	Q	I Gorrochategui	0	6	4			6	I Spîrlea	6	6
	6	I Spîrlea	6	3	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	M J Fernández	6	5
		N Tauziat	7	7					N Tauziat	6	5	6
		C Rubin	4	4				Q	V Williams	3	7	4
	Q	V Williams	6	6												N Tauziat	4	7	4
		A Frazier	6	0												N Zvereva	6	5	6
		N Zvereva	7	6					N Zvereva	6	7
								3	I Majoli	2	5
																							N Zvereva	7	0	5
	7	K Po	0	7	6																	2	J Novotná	6	6	7
		K Studeníková	6	6	2			7	K Po	3	1
	WC	S-A Siddall	2	7	6				A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Sugiyama	6	5	8											A Sugiyama	2	7	4
		Y Basuki	6	6											2	J Novotná	6	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	3	0					Y Basuki	5	4
								2	J Novotná	7	6

• 1997 Direct Line International Championships draws